"cheesy cult classics, this sci-fi horror picture is tailor-made for people who hate video games."" Beyond Hollywood wrote that the film's budget limitations and technological ignorance make it ""at best silly, and at worst pure crap"". Adam Tyner of DVD Talk rated it 2/5 stars and concluded, ""It's not an awful movie, after all...just a decidedly lackluster one."" Staiger, Michael. ""Evilution - Die Bestie aus dem Cyberspace"". In ""film-dienst"" (Germany), Vol. 55, Iss. 15, 16 July 2002, Pg. 32 How to Make a Monster (2001 film) How to Make a Monster is a 2001 film starring Steven Culp and Clea"
"States of Germany Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen states (, plural ; informally and very commonly , plural ). Since today's Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty. With an emphasis on geographical conditions, Berlin and Hamburg are frequently called ' (city-states), as is the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, which in fact includes the cities of and . The remaining 13 states are called ' (literally: ""area states""). The creation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 was"
"of Germany. Only four unincorporated areas are populated, with a total population of about 2,000. The following table gives an overview. In 2000, the number of unincorporated areas was 295, with a total area of . However, the unincorporated areas are continually being incorporated into neighboring municipalities, wholly or partially, most frequently in Bavaria. States of Germany Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen states (, plural ; informally and very commonly , plural ). Since today's Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure"
"kilometer. Germany comprises sixteen states that are collectively referred to as ""Länder"". Due to differences in size and population the subdivision of these states varies, especially between city-states (""Stadtstaaten"") and states with larger territories (""Flächenländer""). For regional administrative purposes five states, namely Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony, consist of a total of 22 Government Districts (""Regierungsbezirke""). As of 2009 Germany is divided into 403 districts (""Kreise"") on municipal level, these consist of 301 rural districts and 102 urban districts. Germany officially has eleven metropolitan regions. In 2005, Germany had 82 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Over ten"
"immigrants. Germany comprises sixteen states that are collectively referred to as ""Länder"". Each state has its own state constitution and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation. Due to differences in size and population the subdivision of these states varies, especially between city states (""Stadtstaaten"") and states with larger territories (""Flächenländer""). For regional administrative purposes five states, namely Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony, consist of a total of 22 Government Districts (""Regierungsbezirke""). As of 2009 Germany is divided into 403 districts (""Kreise"") on municipal level, these consist of 301 rural districts and 102 urban districts. Germany"
"Old states of Germany The old states of Germany () are the 10 states in West Germany. Since the reunification, Germany thus consists of 16 states with equal legal statuses. Yet the process of the ""inner reunification"" between the former Eastern and Western Germany is still ongoing. The Old States are: Whether West Berlin is considered an ""old state"" depends on the context, since it was closely associated with the Federal Republic of Germany, but its status was disputed because of the Four Power Agreement on Berlin. The ""old states"" are colloquially referred to as ""Former West Germany"", although the"
"New states of Germany The new federal states of Germany () are the five re-established states in the former East Germany that acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany with its 10 states upon German reunification on 3 October 1990. The new states, which were dissolved by the East German government in 1952 and were re-established in 1990, are Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The state of Berlin, the result of a merger between East and West Berlin, is usually not considered one of the new states, although many of its residents are former East Germans. Since the reunification,"
"from 15.273 million in 1989, just before reunification, to 12.509 million in 2013, a decrease of 18.1%. There are more migrants in West Germany than in the East. New states of Germany The new federal states of Germany () are the five re-established states in the former East Germany that acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany with its 10 states upon German reunification on 3 October 1990. The new states, which were dissolved by the East German government in 1952 and were re-established in 1990, are Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The state of Berlin, the result of"
"Germany Germany ( ), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (, ), is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west. Germany includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With nearly 83 million inhabitants, it is the second most populous state of Europe after Russia, the"
"States of the German Empire The German Empire consisted originally of 26, and later (as of 1876) 25 constituent states and an Imperial Territory, the largest of which was Prussia. These states, or ""Staaten"" (or ""Bundesstaaten"", i.e. federal states, a name derived from the previous North German Confederation; they became known as ""Länder"" during the Weimar Republic) each had votes in the Bundesrat, which gave them representation at a federal level. Several of these states had gained sovereignty following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. Others were created as sovereign states after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. Territories"
"especially between city-states (""Stadtstaaten"") and states with larger territories (""Flächenländer""). For regional administrative purposes five states, namely Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony, consist of a total of 22 Government Districts (""Regierungsbezirke""). As of 2009 Germany is divided into 403 districts (""Kreise"") on municipal level, these consist of 301 rural districts and 102 urban districts. Politics of Germany Germany is a democratic, federal parliamentary republic, where federal legislative power is vested in the Bundestag (the parliament of Germany) and the Bundesrat (the representative body of the Länder, Germany's regional states). The multilateral system has, since 1949, been dominated by"
"two states before and after they had merged into one another: Minister president (Germany) The minister president (""Ministerpräsident"") is the head of state and government in thirteen of Germany's sixteen states. In the three states of Berlin, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg the heads of the state hold different titles: In the since 1952 defunct states of Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern the heads of state held the title State President. Nevertheless, in Germany it is common practice, to call the sixteen heads of the states ministers president if they are referred to collectively. For example,"
"Germany thus consists of 16 states with equal legal statuses. Yet the process of the ""inner reunification"" between the former East and West Germany is still ongoing. Persisting differences in culture and mentality among the old East Germany and old West Germany are often referred to as the ""wall in the head"" (""Mauer im Kopf""). ""Ossis"" (""Easties"") are stereotyped as racist, poor and largely influenced by Russian culture. ""Wessis"" (""Westies"") are usually considered snobbish, dishonest, wealthy, and selfish. The terms can be considered disparaging. In 2009, twenty years after the fall of the wall, a poll found that 22% of"
"Federalism in Germany Federalism in Germany is made of the states of Germany and the federal government. The central government, the states, and the German municipalities have different tasks and partially competing regions of responsibilities ruled by a complex system of checks and balances. German federalism dates back to the founding of the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, to the reforms that came with the Peace of Westphalia and to the constitution of the German Empire from 1871. Since re-unification in 1990, the Federal Republic has consisted of sixteen states: the ten states of the former West Germany,"
"its own state constitution and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation. Two of the states are city-states consisting of just one city: Berlin and Hamburg. The state of Bremen consists of two cities that are separated from each other by the state of Lower Saxony: Bremen and Bremerhaven. Because of the differences in size and population the subdivisions of the states vary. For regional administrative purposes four states, namely Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, consist of a total of 19 Government Districts (""Regierungsbezirke""). Germany is divided into 401 districts (""Kreise"") at a municipal level; these consist"
"Minister president (Germany) The minister president (""Ministerpräsident"") is the head of state and government in thirteen of Germany's sixteen states. In the three states of Berlin, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg the heads of the state hold different titles: In the since 1952 defunct states of Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern the heads of state held the title State President. Nevertheless, in Germany it is common practice, to call the sixteen heads of the states ministers president if they are referred to collectively. For example, the regular meetings of the sixteen office-holders are called Conference of"
"Bavaria (since 1919), Saxony (originally since 1919 and again since 1990), and Thuringia (since 1994). There is little continuity between the current states and their predecessors of the Weimar Republic with the exception of the three free states, and Hamburg and Bremen. A new delimitation of the federal territory keeps being debated in Germany, in contrast to how there are ""significant differences among the American states and regional governments in other federations without serious calls for territorial changes"" in those other countries. Arthur B. Gunlicks summarizes the main arguments for boundary reform in Germany: ""the German system of dual federalism"
"a federal state with its constitution of 1 July 1867. The remaining South German countries, with the exception of Austria and Liechtenstein, joined the country in 1870. The first nation state named ""Germany"" began in 1871; before that ""Germany"" referred to a geographical entity comprising many states, much as ""the Balkans"" is used today, or the term ""America"" was used by the founders of ""the United States of America."" In German constitutional history, the expressions ""Reich"" (reign, realm, empire) and ""Bund"" (federation, confederation) are somewhat interchangeable. Sometimes they even co-existed in the same constitution: for example in the German Empire"
"Germany was divided into 15 administrative districts (), which were merely local branches of the national government, West Germany was divided into states () with independently elected state parliaments and control of the , the second legislative chamber of the Federal Government. Today, North Rhine-Westphalia is often considered to be Western Germany in geographical terms. When distinguishing between former West Germany and former East Germany as parts of present-day unified Germany, it has become most common to refer to the (old states) and the (new states), although and are still heard as well. West Germany West Germany is the common"
"were not necessarily contiguous, such as Bavaria, or Oldenburg—many existed in several parts (enclaves and exclaves), as a result of historical acquisitions, or, in several cases, divisions of the ruling family trees. Different from the above-mentioned monarchies these city-states were constitutionally organised as republics. Different from all other aforementioned constituent states, this region, comprising territory ceded by France in 1871, was first administered by the central government, growing later into a republic of restricted autonomy only, with an elected state parliament of its own as of 1912. States of the German Empire The German Empire consisted originally of 26, and"
"is a self-governing, but not necessarily independent political unit."" Two cities in Germany, namely Berlin and Hamburg, are considered city-states (German: ""Stadtstaaten""). Additionally, the state of Bremen is often called a city-state although it consists of the two cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven, which are separated by the state of Lower Saxony. Together with thirteen area states (German: ""Flächenländer"") they form the sixteen federal states of Germany. Hamburg and Breman are ""Free and Hanseatic Cities"". Generally, the city-states have no other rights or duties than the other states. Through the financial redistribution system of Equalization Payments in Germany (German: ""Länderfinanzausgleich""),"
"East Germany's capital and its 15th district. Just prior to the German reunification on 3 October 1990, the East German states were reconstituted close to their earlier configuration as the five ""New States"". The former district of East Berlin joined West Berlin to form the new state of Berlin. Henceforth, the 10 ""old states"" plus 5 ""new states"" plus the new state Berlin add up to current 16 states of Germany. Later, the constitution was amended to state that the citizens of the 16 states had successfully achieved the unity of Germany in free self-determination and that the Basic Law"
"""Strafgesetzbuch"" and the ""Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch"" respectively. The German penal system seeks the rehabilitation of the criminal and the protection of the public. Except for petty crimes, which are tried before a single professional judge, and serious political crimes, all charges are tried before mixed tribunals on which lay judges ("""") sit side by side with professional judges. Many of the fundamental matters of administrative law remain in the jurisdiction of the states. Germany has a low murder rate with 0.9 murders per 100,000 in 2014. Germany comprises sixteen federal states which are collectively referred to as ""Bundesländer"". Each state has"
"requires strong ""Länder"" that have the administrative and fiscal capacity to implement legislation and pay for it from own source revenues. Too many ""Länder"" also make coordination among them and with the federation more complicated"". But several proposals have failed so far; territorial reform remains a controversial topic in German politics and public perception. Federalism has a long tradition in German history. The Holy Roman Empire comprised many petty states, numbering more than 300 around 1796. The number of territories was greatly reduced during the Napoleonic Wars (1796–1814). After the Congress of Vienna (1815), 39 states formed the German Confederation."
"federal state since West Berlin, although considered a de facto federal state, had the legal status of a military occupation zone. The official name of the country is ""Federal Republic of Germany"" (Bundesrepublik Deutschland). The terms ""Westdeutschland"" and ""Ostdeutschland"" are still used for the western and the eastern parts of the German territory, respectively. Names of Germany Because of Germany's geographic position in the centre of Europe, as well as its long history as a non-united region of distinct tribes and states, there are many widely varying names of Germany in different languages, perhaps more so than for any other"
"to abandon sovereignty well into the 1960s. However, no attempts were made to establish new states in these territories, as they lay outside the jurisdiction of West Germany at that time. Furthermore, the former eastern territories had either been ethnically cleansed from their autochthonous German population and therefore had ceased being part of the German speaking lands. Upon its founding in 1949, West Germany had eleven states. These were reduced to nine in 1952 when three south-western states (South Baden, Württemberg-Hohenzollern, and Württemberg-Baden) merged to form Baden-Württemberg. From 1957, when the French-occupied Saar Protectorate was returned and formed into the"
"Germany has a number of large cities. There are 11 officially recognised metropolitan regions in Germany. 34 cities have been identified as regiopolis. The largest conurbation is the Rhine-Ruhr region (11.7 million ), including Düsseldorf (the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia), Cologne, Bonn, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, and Bochum. Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic. The German political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1949 constitutional document known as the ""Grundgesetz"" (Basic Law). Amendments generally require a two-thirds majority of both chambers of parliament; the fundamental principles of the constitution, as expressed in the articles guaranteeing human"
"Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein, the population increased steadily. In Saarland, on the other hand, the population dropped steadily. The population of North Rhine-Westphalia (until 2004), Lower Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate (both until 2003) initially increased and then fell off again. The population of Bremen dropped until the year 2001, then rose to the year 2007 and began to fall again in 2008. Since 1980, birth rates have been relatively constant. There are more migrants in West Germany than in the East. Old states of Germany The old states of Germany () are the 10 states in West Germany. Since the reunification, Germany"
"has a number of large cities; the most populous are: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart. The largest conurbation is the Rhine-Ruhr region (12 million), including Düsseldorf (the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia), Cologne, Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg, and Bochum. Geography of Germany Germany is a country in west-central Europe, that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Germany has the second largest population in Europe (after the European part of Russia) and is seventh largest in area. The territory of Germany covers , consisting of of land and of waters."
"the German Reich into 14 roughly equal-sized states. His proposal was turned down due to opposition of the states and concerns of the government. Article 18 of the constitution enabled a new delimitation of the German territory but set high hurdles: ""Three fifth of the votes handed in, and at least the majority of the population are necessary to decide on the alteration of territory"". In fact, until 1933 there were only four changes in the configuration of the German states: The 7 Thuringian states were merged in 1920, whereby Coburg opted for Bavaria, Pyrmont joined Prussia in 1922, and"
"the five state association league systems of the Baden Football Association, the Bavarian Football Association, the Hessian Football Association, the South Baden Football Association and the Württembergian Football Association work as feeders to the Regionalliga. Mostly in line with the geographical borders of the 16 German states, amateur football is organised by 21 state football associations. Therefore, 13 states, these being Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia have a state football association with a jurisdiction covering the whole area of the corresponding political entity. Three states are subdivided into more than"
"German Prince The terms German Prince or German Princess are often used to refer to members of royalty that were from a German state. Today Germany is one nation, but until 1914, Germany and Central Europe was ruled over by a large number of independent states. Until World War I, the term German could have referred to peoples from areas of what is today the states Germany, Poland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, and even Croatia, and the Netherlands. From 1815 to 1860 this number was 35 separate German sovereign states (including Prussia and Austria) plus another 4 free"
"States of Austria Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder. Since ""Land"" is also the German word for ""country"", the term Bundesländer (""federation states"") is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses both terms. Even though English ""land"" is a cognate, the term ""(Bundes)land"" is commonly rendered as ""state"" or ""province"" by tradition in English writing. The majority of the land area in the states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna, and Burgenland is situated in the Danube valley and thus consists almost completely of accessible and easily"